When a child is subjected to physical and/or emotional injury and includes sexual abuse.
100
Define Child Welfare.
Ensuring that children are safe and protected from any harm.
100
What type of setting would an adoption program fall under?
Child welfare services setting.
100
What percentage of children lived in poverty in 2013?
19.9%
100
Name two predictors of teen pregnancy.
Alcohol use, less parental monitoring, poverty, trouble in school.
200
Define child neglect.
Exists when the child's caregiver does not ensure that the child's emotional, physical, nutritional, educational, or shelter needs are being met.
200
True or false, 20% of social workers work in schools.
False, 6% do.
200
Name one possible domestic and family violence setting.
Shelter based programs, hospitals, legal system programs, community based mental health programs.
200
What percentage of families headed by single mothers live in poverty?
About a third, 34.26% in 2012
200
True or false, social workers investigate referrals about child abuse and neglect.
True
300
Define statute of limitation and how it would effect a survivor of sexual violence.
Statute of limitation is a law in which prosecutors are forbidden from charging someone with a crime that was committed more than a specified number of years ago.
300
What percentage of social workers work with adolescents?
5%
300
True or false, almost all of child/ family social workers are employed in a private nonprofit setting.
False, almost half.
300
What percentage do LGBT youth account for out of the youth runaway/homeless population?
20%
300
Provide an example of how social workers work at the macro level.
Answers vary.
400
In Reagan's interview, what was a typical ethical dilemma the social worker faced while working with high school students who faced sexual violence?
confidentiality.
400
True or false, 2/3 social workers who work in the child welfare system provide direct services to children and families.
True.
400
Identify two types of tasks for school social workers.
conduct assessments, serve as liaisons between the school and the family, facilitate groups, participate in multidisciplinary teams to develop individual educational plans for students, provide support for those students at risk for poor academic and social outcomes.
400
What is the objective of the federal government’s policy “Coordinated Entry”?
Prevent and end homelessness
400
Who frequently makes reports of child abuse?
School personnel
500
Taking a strengths perspective, how would you help a child who has previously encountered child abuse or sexual violence?
Answer is subjective.
500
Name two areas that child welfare encompasses.
Child protection service, family preservation, foster care, group homes, residential facilities, adoption services, and kinship care programs.
500
What percentage of social workers work for private, for-profit organizations?
11%
500
What are the main reasons that children/youth run away/become homeless?
a.They may be “running to” or in search for excitement/adventure
b.May be “running from” a dysfunctional family system that may include physical/sexual/emotional/substance abuse
c.They may be “thrown out” by their families, have conflict w/their family, or problems in their school/community
d.Some adolescents have been abandoned by their families b/c the family doesn’t have enough money to continue to support them
500
Name an ethical dilemma for social workers working in this field.